Uma equação para a estimativa da eficiência em bombas de velocidade variável

In water supply systems equipped with a pumping mechanism, variable speed pumps (VSP) have been commonly used as an alternative to reduce energy costs. Through the variation in speed, a pump changes its operating conditions, starting to work under new values of flow, gauge and performance. The prese...

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Autores: Costa, José Nilton de Abreu, Castro, Marco Aurélio Holanda de, Costa, Luis Henrique Magalhães, Barbosa, João Marcelo Costa
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC)
Repositorio:Repositório Institucional da Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC)
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.ufc.br:riufc/68781
Acceso en línea:http://www.repositorio.ufc.br/handle/riufc/68781
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Abastecimento de água
Bombas hidráulicas
Eficiência energética
Descripción
Sumario:In water supply systems equipped with a pumping mechanism, variable speed pumps (VSP) have been commonly used as an alternative to reduce energy costs. Through the variation in speed, a pump changes its operating conditions, starting to work under new values of flow, gauge and performance. The present work aims to perform an analysis of the accuracy of two existing equations to estimate the efficiency of a VSP: the Sârbu and Borza Equation and the Comolet Equation, thus proposing a new equation for the same purpose, called the Costa e Castro Equation. To evaluate the accuracy of the mentioned equations, the catalogs of fifty previously selected pumps were taken and in each of them three tests were performed in which the speed was reduced to 90%, 80% and 70% of the nominal speed. The results of the tests indicated lower values of errors in the yield estimates by the equation now proposed in relation to the aforementioned predecessor equations.